Latin America: Property Rights Index

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Argentina	30
Bolivia	25
Brazil	50
Chile	90
Colombia	40
Costa Rica	50
Ecuador	30
El Salvador	50
Guatemala	30
Guyana	40
Honduras	30
Mexico	50
Nicaragua	25
Panama	30
Paraguay	30
Peru	40
Suriname	50
Uruguay	70
Venezuela	10

Latin America: Property rights index

A subcomponent of the Index of Economic Freedom, the property rights index measures the degree to which a countrys laws protect private property rights, and the degree to which its government enforces those laws.

Higher scores are more desirable, i.e. property rights are better protected. Scores are from 0 to 100.

The index also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts.

The Global Property Guide considers protection of property rights as a significant factor affecting the desirability of a residential real estate investment.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

Statistics in Latin America. The entire Latin American region has weak statistics, and house prices are a particularly weak area. The only house price time-series are in Colombia and Uruguay.